Hibakusha is the Japanese word for the survivors of the American bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This powerful and moving documentary focuses on a few of the eighty hibakusha who journeyed from Japan to New York in June, 1982, to take part in peace demonstrations held to coincide with the Second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament. They came to urge the nations of the world to prevent nuclear war. Instead of concentrating on the physical suffering of the victims, the film reveals the mental anguish of the hibakusha, who are still haunted by nightmares. Inspired by “Hibakusha”, a book of photographs by Ittetsu Morishita. (Awards: Tokyo, Leipzig)
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ACMI Identifier
323747
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Japan - Tokyo - Awards
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Japan
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb victims
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Hiroshima (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nagasaki-Shi (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear disarmament
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear warfare - Social aspects
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear weapons
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Peace movements
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Nuclear disarmament
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Nuclear warfare - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Peace
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Peace movements
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Foreign relations - Japan
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
History → Hiroshima (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945
History → Japan - History - 1945-
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)